Modern Log Cabin Quilt Designs

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Modern log cabin quilt designs.

A log cabin quilt or log cabin quilt block is one of the most popular traditional quilt patterns and is pieced together using strips of fabric with a small square at the center of the block br br log cabin quilt patterns are a staple in american quilting and first rose to popularity during the time of the civil war. And depending on the arrangement of the blocks and the fabric colors chosen it can also make a great modern quilt. Turned and arranged to create a variety of shapes and patterns in the finished quilt such as zigzags diagonal lines triangles or diamonds. Interrupted log cabin quilt by tula pink.

Of course there are many other log cabin quilt designs in the book including the classic log cabin courthouse steps and wonky log cabins with improvisational piecing. And because a log cabin design consists of just square and rectangular shapes it. The book begins with an excellent chapter on quiltmaking basics followed by a chapter on log cabin block styles. Buy this pattern here.

Since i wrote my first log cabin book in 1980 i have published pattens for 75 different log cabin block and quilt variations. This versatile quilt block is a fun way to test your creativity in color and design to give a new spin on an old classic. For speed and accuracy rotary cut the strips then stitch them in sequence to make each block. Log cabin quilt blocks are a timeless and simple pattern easy for any quilter to master.

I love them also for their potential for block variation. However more experienced quilters still love them as log cabin blocks can be made many different ways. As i prepared to publish my third log cabin book in 2013 i started this board.